The IEP can look finished and still need clearer details.
The proposed IEP can look official while still leaving out the details a parent needs to understand what the school is promising, refusing, or measuring.
The free audit checks the language in the actual IEP against the student's documented needs so you can focus on the pages and questions that matter most.
Start with the situation you are actually in.
Use this page if the school has proposed an IEP and you need to decide what to agree with, question, or ask to clarify in writing.
This page is for preparing clearer school questions, not for deciding legal claims. The strongest next step is usually a specific written request tied to the IEP page and the data behind it.
The audit can review the IEP pages you include.
It does not stop at one concern or a short checklist. When the relevant pages are included, the audit reviews major IEP sections for unclear language, missing context, documentation gaps, and issues that may deserve a written question.
Evaluations and Present Levels
Check that the IEP describes the student's needs, strengths, baseline data, and current performance.
Goals and Progress Monitoring
Confirm goals are measurable, tied to documented needs, and supported by clear progress-reporting methods.
Services and Accommodations
Look for supports that are individualized, specific enough to follow, and clear about provider, frequency, duration, and setting.
Placement and Access
Review how the plan addresses classroom access, least restrictive environment, behavior, communication, and related-service needs.
Parent Concerns and Team Decisions
Make sure parent input, school refusals, Prior Written Notice, and important meeting decisions are documented clearly.
Procedure Questions to Verify
Identify notice, timeline, refusal, or vague-commitment questions that may need local verification before a parent relies on them.
What this review pays attention to
Along with the included IEP pages above, the audit pays special attention to these issues that may be relevant to this concern. These are examples of extra scrutiny, not the limits of the review.
What changed from the current plan and why.
Confirm goals, services, accommodations, and placement match current data.
Look for records showing parent concerns and refusals are documented.
What response, meeting request, or PWN question should come first.
A useful result points to a record, not a panic spiral.
This is the kind of parent-facing output the page is built around: a specific IEP section, the reason it deserves review, and one calm next step before any broader escalation.
Finding
Proposed IEP omits parent request
Evidence to check
You requested an accommodation change, but the proposed IEP does not include it or explain the refusal.
Parent-safe next step
Put this in writing: the team should confirm if the request is refused and to provide PWN if required.
Upload only the records needed for this concern.
You do not need a perfect binder or every school record. Start with the current IEP pages tied to the issue, then add only the few records that explain the concern most clearly.
Proposed IEP
Upload the version the school wants you to review, sign, or use.
Current/prior IEP
Include the previous plan to compare services, goals, accommodations, and placement.
PWN or meeting notes
Add written explanations for proposed or refused changes if available.
First written request
"Please show the changed pages in the proposed IEP, the data supporting each change, and any Prior Written Notice for requests the team is refusing."
Ask one question the team can answer.
"What is the highest-impact proposed change, and what data supports it?"
Get clearer questions from your actual IEP.
You do not need to compare every page to a checklist. Upload the relevant pages and let the audit help organize sections that may need clarification, weak language, or possible next questions.
Review the IEP FirstWhat you get from the audit
The result is a prioritized review of the document, not another generic article.
Organize the meeting record
The audit helps parents pull the draft pages, notices, data, and unresolved requests most likely to matter in the room.
Focus the agenda
It identifies the question that should be answered before the meeting moves on.
Leave with the next step in writing
Parents can use the result to ask what will be revised, refused, or documented after the meeting.
Check if the proposed IEP is specific enough for a parent to understand and the team to implement.
Which IEP page, evaluation, progress report, service log, or school notice should be checked first.
Which missing detail should become the first written question.
Which legal, deadline, consent, or state-specific issue should be verified before relying on the page.
How the free audit works
Upload the IEP you want checked
Use the current document from the school. You do not need to highlight it, organize it, or know which section is wrong first.
The audit reviews the pages you upload
When those pages are included, it reviews goals, services, accommodations, progress monitoring, parent concerns, and procedure questions for unclear language or missing context.
Get prioritized findings
See which sections may need review first, which page to ask about, and what to raise with the school.
Reasons parents run this audit
If any of these sound familiar, the written IEP deserves a closer look.
The proposed IEP asks for agreement before you understand changes.
Ask for time to review and a list of changed pages.
Services or placement change without clear data.
Ask what data and options support the proposal.
The proposed IEP omits a request you made.
Ask if the team is refusing the request and if PWN applies.
You do not have to sort through the IEP by yourself.
Start with the concern. When you want document-specific help, upload only the relevant IEP pages and the few records that explain the issue.
Review the IEP First